There have been more moves to reform the cash bail system than there have been to defund cops. The backlash has been so severe that you have, what we hear are progressive DA's under threat of recall. Every study pretty much that comes out on bail reform demonstrates that it reduces crime. It does not add to crime statistics. Loss of a job or loss of education is huge predictor of future criminality.
In this public News Brief, we discuss the nominally progressive news network's lies and omissions when covering efforts to reduce the US's unprecedented jail and prison population.